Packing or displaying articles.



No. 693,450. Patented Feb. I8, 1902.

E. H. SCHMIDT.

PACKING 0R DISPLAYING ARTICLES.

- (Appliation filed July 12. 1901.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

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No. 693,450. Patented Feb. l8, I902.

E. H. SCHMIDT.

PACKING 0R DISPLAYING ARTICLES.

(Application filed. July 12, 1901.)

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(No Model.)

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ERNST HEINRICH SCHMIDT, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

VPACKINIG OR DVISPLAYIING ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 693,450, dated. February 18, 1902.

Application filed July 12, 1901. Serial No. 68,089. (No model.)

To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNST HEINRICH SCHMIDT, a subject of the King of Bavaria, Emperor of Germany, residing at 12 Stanley Gardens, Hampstead, London, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Packing or Displaying Articles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide means forpacking or displaying, .for example, lead-pencils,.p'enholders, orother articles or patterns of fabric or yarn or other material in a rapid, secure, and attractive manner, with or without'the employment of a cardboard or other backing.

In carrying out myinvention I coil strips or wires of steel or other suitable material and of any convenient section on cores of round, fiat, or other desirable section in any well-known manner, or when a backing is employed I may make use of a row or rows of loops or the like. The articles or patterns to be displayed or packed are placed between the coils or loops and held in position by a looking device consisting of a strip, cord, or the like. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view illustrating cylindrical articles packed or displayed in a coil. Fig. '2 is a sectional end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a View similar -to Fig. 1 of means for displaying articles of irregular shape. Fig. 4 is a similar viewshowin g articles arranged in a semicircle. Fig. 5 is a plan view showing bottles packed or displayed on a rigid backing between loops fixed thereto, and Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 6 of a modification in which a series of loops in the form of a coil is secured to a card or backing.

The articles a are fixed by being placed between two coils or loops bb of arow, a lock-.

ing device consisting of a strip or rod'or cord 0 of any rigid or flexible material being then passed through the part of the coils or loops 6 bwhich protrudes above the articles a, so as to press upon the said articles and lock them in place efiectually. The said lockingbars 0 a may be bent to form hooks or perforated to form eyes for convenience of hanging up or attaching to a suitable backing, or

desirable when rigidloops or the like are employed, as shown in Fig. 5. In this latter arrangement the rigid loops 1) b maybe formed and fixed on the backingd inany well-known manner, and instead of rigid bars 0 a tape'or string may be passed through theprotruding loops, and the ends of the same may be fixed to the outside loops or other convenient provision,-such as hooks or eyes, or they may be I simplytied to each other.

Where two coils b b are used, one maybe wound left-handand the other right-hand, as

' shown in Fig. '3, so as to lie naturally at an inclination to each other.

Obviously morethan one article a may be placed between-two coils b b or severalcoils may intervenebetween'two articles. Where the article to beheld has an eye, loop, or the like-such, for example, as a pair of scissorsone or more coils or. loops may be, passed wired on, or a sparecoil at the ends may be.

gripped by any well-known device in such a way that the coils are extended for greater convenience of placing the articles between them.

In Figs. 5 and 6 a card or backing d is shown, t0 which are attached a series of separate loops, while in Fig; 7 I have shown a card having a series of loops in the form of a continuous spiral attached'thereto. J

Obviously articles of .a'suitable shape, such as in Fig. 4, may be inserted between the coils or loops and locking-bar c after the latter has been passed through the said coils orloops.

be fixed to backing d in Theheight or diameter of the loops or coils is somewhat greater than the size of the article where the latter is held to provide space for the locking-bar c.

Having now particularly described and as certained the nature of mysaid invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that What I claim is- 1. In a displaying or packing device, the combination with a series of loops arranged side by side and adapted to receive articles between them, said loops being of suflicient diameter to project beyond the outer faces of said articles, of a locking device extending through said loops transversely of and in front of the said articles,substantially as described.

2. In a displaying or packing device, the combination with a series of loops arranged side by side and adapted to receive articles between them, said loops being of sufficient diameter to project beyond the outer faces of said articles, of a removable locking device extending through said loops transversely of and in front of said articles, substantially as described.

3. In a displaying or packing device, the combination with a series of loops of elastic material arranged side by side and adapted to receive articles between them, said loops being of su fficient diameter to project beyond the outer faces of said articles, and a locking device extending through said loops, transversely of and in front of said article's, subst-antially as described.

4. In a displaying or packing device, the combination with a series of loop'sarranged side by side and adapted to receive articles between them, said loops being of sufficient diameter to project beyond the outer faces of said articles, of a locking-bar extending through said loops transversely of and in front of said articles and provided with corrugations to engage said loops, substantially as described.

5. In a displaying and packing device, the combination with a backing, of a series of loops secured thereto and adapted to hold articles between them, said loops projecting from said backing beyond the outer faces of the articles to be retained and a locking device, adapted to be passed through said loops transversely of and in front of said articles, substantially as described.

6. In a displaying and packing device, the combination with a series of loops formed of a single piece of material in the form of a continuous spiral, and adapted to receive articles between said loops, said loops being of a sulficient diameter to project beyond the front faces of said articles and a locking device passing through said loops transversely of and in front of said articles, substantially as described.

7. In a displaying or packing device, the combination with two series of loops, each forming a continuous spiral, one of said spirals being a right-hand coil and the other a left-hand coil and a locking device passing through the loops of each coil in front of the articles held between said loops,substantially as described.

ERNST HEINRICH SCHMIDT.

Witnesses:

J GEN E. BOUSFIELD, F. H. HARVEY. 

